Intel will release updated chips with built-in mitigations for Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities later this year. The announcement was made by chief executive Brian Krzanich during the company's fourth quarter earnings call, and follows flawed patches by Intel and Microsoft that caused random rebooting issues on older and newer CPUs
Actually it is really impossible to make core architecture changes until you plan it ahead, 2-3 years ahead.
Agreed on this point with you. it is a clear indicator that this was planned from beginning. Lol magically they have a fix.
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